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Practical writing for freelance designers running their own studio.
Pricing math, contract templates, project workflows, and the operational decisions nobody teaches in design school. Updated regularly.
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The freelance designer's operations stack: a 2026 guide
A working guide to the tools a solo freelance designer actually needs in 2026 — operations, time tracking, invoicing, proposals, file delivery, accounting. With practical recommendations and honest tradeoffs.
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Why most freelance designers underprice (and how to fix it)
The behavioral, structural, and arithmetic reasons freelance designers consistently quote rates that produce less income than the same work would earn salaried. With concrete corrections.
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Tracking freelance design projects in Notion: a setup guide
A complete walkthrough of the Notion schema, relations, rollups, and views needed to run a freelance design studio from a single workspace. With practical setup steps.
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A statement of work template for freelance designers (with examples)
The eight sections every freelance design SOW needs, what to write in each one, and the language that prevents the most common scope and payment disputes.
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How to calculate your freelance design hourly rate (with the formulas)
A step-by-step framework for setting a freelance design rate that actually delivers your target income. Includes the math most rate calculators get wrong.